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Park Sang-hak, who says he defected in 1993 after picking up a leaflet sent from South Korea, told CNN he wants to show ordinary North Koreans the true nature of the country’s leader. Kim Jong Nam was the eldest half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. South Korean intelligence officials say the North Korean…

A new patent application has revealed that Disney is looking into the development of robotic versions of its animated characters. The document describes “soft body” robots built specifically for “physical interaction with humans”. It doesn’t mention any specific characters, but the images alongside the filing show off a bulbous torso resembling that of Big Hero…

Norway’s electric car market is growing rapidly. While only 2% of car sales in 2002 were EVs, that number has risen to 22% in 2015 and is continuing to grow. That jump makes Norway’s goal of selling purely electric vehicles by 2025 seem a little less ambitious. Because of this growth, Norway has created a…

A group of friends decided to invite a random Joe to go on holiday, just to replace their friend Joe, who pulled out at the last minute.Joe McGrath from Manchester received a Facebook message in March, asking if he “would consider coming on holiday with a group of nine strangers if they had already arranged…

PETALING JAYA: Merely hours after issuing an apology for his offensive comments against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Singaporean comedian Najip Ali is now reportedly taken off the Maharaja Lawak Mega (MLM) series. Najip was to have been on the judges’ table for the show, which will be aired this Friday over Astro…

A bill that would prohibit discriminating against people based on their beliefs about climate change is up for a hearing in the Maine state capital.Republican Rep. Larry Lockman says his bill would prohibit the state from favoring or penalizing a person based on how they feel about climate change. It’s up for a hearing on…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 102-year-old World War II veteran who served with Canadian and American forces and survived captivity by the Nazis has received his high school diploma and overdue medals. Sydney Cole dropped out of his Buffalo, New York, high school in the 1930s. Rejected by the U.S. Army Air Corps before America entered…

He added photos of him wearing the traditional red uniform and told him that he would be grateful to be answered. George Mearing, a boy now 6 years old, is the number 1 admirer of the Royal Guard of England . In fact, he wrote a letter to His Majesty The Queen where he told…

The French Government announced a new initiative today in order to promote gender equality in the tech ecosystem in France with the help of 15 organizations. Like in many other countries, there are less women working in French startups than men. This is a key issue when it comes to recruiting the best talent and…

In the past 15 years, Chad Pregracke has helped pull more than 67,000 tires from the Mississippi River and other waterways across the United States. But that’s just scratching the surface. He’s also helped retrieve 218 washing machines, 19 tractors, 12 hot tubs, four pianos and almost 1,000 refrigerators. “People intentionally dumped (these) in the…